WISE - - UVA Wise announced the addition of Brendan Schabath to the athletic communications department Friday. A recent graduate of Michigan State University, Schabath will serve as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications for the Cavaliers.

The Birmingham, Mich. Native comes to UVA Wise after recently serving as the sports director at WDBM in East Lansing, Mich. where he oversaw managing and executing all operations with the sports department. Additionally, he spent three years as the student play-by-play voice for men's basketball at Michigan State.

Schabath also has extensive experience in sports writing. The journalism major wrote feature stories on Michigan State athletes while also having written game recaps and game previews. Additionally, the communications professional has worked outside of athletics. Schabath was invited to Harvard University and the Christopher Georges Conference on College Journalism for his work in covering the Feb. 13, 2023 campus shooting that occurred at Michigan State.

"Brendan's broadcasting ability and journalism skills will be a valuable asset to our athletic department," remarked Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Darrell-Dingus Ely. "Specifically, we will now be able to further enhance the student-athlete experience for our volleyball and lacrosse student-athletes as Brendan will serve as the play-by-play voice for those sports on our video stream."

The 2023 Earle Robinson Award winner for outstanding sports broadcast journalism has more than 500 live broadcasts to his credit from radio and television. In his career, he has broadcast men's and women's basketball, soccer, volleyball, hockey, baseball, softball and lacrosse.

Most recently, Schabath served as a broadcast assistant with the Detroit Tigers where he worked closely with the Tigers public relations staff and assisted home and away broadcasters with daily needs and information.

In his new role, he will serve as the primary media contact for volleyball, men's basketball, softball, lacrosse, men's and women's golf and men's and women's tennis. Additionally, he will serve as a broadcast voice for radio and FloSports broadcasts throughout the year.

Schabath graduated from Michigan State in 2023 with a degree in journalism.